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Rebecca Lavoie

@reblavoie.bsky.social

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NHPR podcast lady, podcaster/critic @ CrimeWritersOn…, and Netflix podcast host. Listen to Civics 101, Outside/In and Bear Brook if you have good taste. (FYI Karen Read didn’t do it.)

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

lol

Amanda Knox @amandaknox.com · 2d

Why are you telling me this NOW?

Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 2d

"Why travel all the way to Italy when you can visit a place much closer by that is shaped like Italy?"

bigthink.com/strange-maps...

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

It’s wild, right?? (Just wait until you hear about the opossum/possum situation.)

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

Gosh please don’t let this game rest on Butker.

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

A hypothetical conversation about this very thing inspired us to make this episode for Civics 101: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Who decides what politicians should say?

Podcast Episode · Civics 101 · 04/08/2025 · 29m

podcasts.apple.com

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

FWIW for years I had a strong opinion about baseball that he also thought was dumb and my opinion is a rule now.

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

He’d call it a crime of the week

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

I have an opinion about clock management in NFL games and my husband thinks I should keep it as an inside thought.

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

Is this liquid ounces or weight ounces

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

This far into the season and he’s missed at least one every game. Maybe he should be in the kitchen instead.

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

That time @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social was on our dumb Law and Order podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

SVU: Did Snoop Dogg assault a pop star during a diss war?

Podcast Episode · ...These Are Their Stories: The Law & Order Podcast · 03/22/2023 · 47m

podcasts.apple.com

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly he’s gotta go.

Danielle - Baseball & bad decisions ⚾ @missroyalkc.bsky.social · 2d

DFA Butker and tell him it's the rapture

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a guy in my town who grew up here and his nickname is Pissbelly and I’ll never get over that.

payton mitchell @paytmitch.bsky.social · 2d

my husband and i have a friend we’ve known since high school and we have always called him the nickname he introduced himself as on the first day of 11th grade

turns out he made that nickname up on the spot and we have been calling this man Pancake for 13 years for LITERALLY NO REASON

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

It’s her.

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

I love that.

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

lol I like not getting bitten

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatable protesters thing is almost as funny as the doofy tuba thing.

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

It’s called NOSTALGIA.

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

Clark has literally said she’s a long-time fan. Go steal someone else’s joy please.

Anna Stesia @onlychyld.blacksky.app · 2d

Taylor Swift’s whole image is curated to make her seem younger. Including hanging out with 23 year old Caitlin Clark.

Taylor is 35. That girl is probably a lifelong fan.

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

Make it victim-centric.

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

I’ll risk it. I have enough to do without steaming my GD suitcase.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Your luggage is carrying not only your clothes, but germs from airport terminals, hotel lobbies, city streets and parking lots.

Here’s how to give it a good cleaning:

Your travel gear is gross. Here’s how to clean it.

Medical and cleaning experts share tips on how to clean common travel items like luggage, toothbrush holders and neck pillows.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

A criminal omission

Justin @justinf89.bsky.social · 2d

Cris Collinsworth talking about Taylor Swift and The Life of a Showgirl, but declining to mention what the song Wood is about

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Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

You’ll never meet a bigger baby than a man rooting against the Chiefs.

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

Be kind to the Jets fans in your life. They’ve been through enough.

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re a 49ers fan and basically half your team is injured you gotta be proud of how they’re hanging in there.

Rebecca Lavoie @reblavoie.bsky.social · 2d

The only acceptable use of A.I.